Cable-winding device



March 31, 1931. H. s. PETERS 1,799,022

CABLE WINDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 28, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l jq'allandd Peiera.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY March 31 1931. H. s. PETERS 1,799,022

' CABLE WINDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 28, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fihllanddpei'era.

INV ENTOR ATTORNEY Patentecl Mar. 31, 1931 FFICE V HOLLAND S. PETERS, OF RICHMOND, OHIO CABLE-WINDING DEVICE Application filed December 28, 1928. Serial No. 329,013.

This invention relates to cable winding devices especially designed for rewinding drilling cables upon their spools or drums.

An object of the present invention is to 5 provide a device for the above purpose which is simple and economical of construction, and for this purpose the invention utilizes the spool upon which the cable is originally Wound and mounts this spool upon a support of novel construction by means of which the spool may be placed in a convenient operative position.

The invention further provides a sheave or pulley which may be attached to the spool for engagement by the sand line of the drilling apparatus, and utilizes the bailer or bucket to furnish power for rotation of the spool, and as the sand line and drilling cable are of substantially the same lengtlnwhen the sand line is unwound from the reel, the cable will be wound upon the spool. In addition, the brake for the sand line reel and bull wheel is utilized to control the speed of rewinding operation.

With-the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of-a drilling apparatus with the invention in position for use.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing the mounting of the reel and'the manner of engaging the sand line with the sheave or pulley.

Figure 3 is an end view of the subject matter of Figure 2 with a portion of the sheave or pulley shown in section.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section-' al view.

Figure 5 is an end view of the bull wheel showing a-different means for securing the pulley.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a derrick which is mounted upon a platform 11 and forms a part of an ordinary drilling apparatus. The hull wheel of the apparatus is shown at 12, while the drilling cable is indicated at 13. The sand line is indicated at 14 and the sand line reel at 15, while thebrake which controls rotation of the sand line reel is shown at 16.

As previously stated, it is the purpose of the invention to rewind the drilling cable upon a spool or drum, the ordinary spool upon which. the cable is originally wound being'utilized for this purpose. This spool is indicatedat 17.

The spool is mounted for rotation upon a shaft 18 which may consist of a pipe section and one end of this shaft is supported by means of a standard 19 preferably shaped as shown in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings. The shaft 18 is secured between the upper ends of the standard 19 by means of a bolt 20, while a brace 21 connects the outer end of H the shaft with the lower end of the standard. A permanently attached collar 22 is mounted on-the shaft 18.

Secured to one end of the spool 17 is a grooved pulley or sheave 23, while a collar 2 which is removably mounted upon the shaft 18 engages'this sheave so that the spool 17 will rotate upon the shaft between the collars 22 and 24. A standard 25 which is similar to the'standard 19 is secured to the adjacent end of the shaft. 7

When it is'desired to rewind the cable 13, the spool 17 which as stated, may be the spool upon which the cable was originally wound. has secured thereto by means of screws or other fastening devices 26, the sheave 23. The spool with theattachedsheave is slid upon the shaft 18 and the collar 24 secured in place, after which the standard 25 is attached to support this end of the shaft. 1 The spool is then positioned so that the sand line 1 1 may be wound around the sheave with the bailer'end of the sand line directly over the well hole W. The bailer 27 which is attached to the sand line will then provide sufiicient weight to rotate the reel 17 and as the drilling cable has its end wound upon the reel the said cable will be wound upon the reel as the sand line is unwound from the sand reel. Rewinding speed may be conveniently controlled by means of the brake 16.

It is of course possible that the cable 13 may be of greater length than the depth of the well hole so that the bailer would reach the bottom of the hole before all of the cable is wound upon the reel. To provide for further winding operation, the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 and 6 permits of rotation of the sheave independent of the spool or reel.

For this purpose, the end of the spool or reel has secured thereto as shown at 28, a member which provides an annular flange 29. This flange forms a bearing for a transversely channeled annulus 30. This annulus provides a grooved pulley to receive the sand line 14 and in order to hold the annulus 30 fast upon the flange 29 so that it will rotate with the spool, the flange has secured thereto radially disposed plates 81 which overlap the outer edge of the annulus 80. One of these plates is connected to the annulus by means of a bolt 32 so that when the spool is rotated, the annulus 30 which forms the pulley or sheave will be likewise rotated.

The invention may operate in the manner previously described, the annulus which forms the sheave or pulley rotating under the action of the sand line to wind the cable 13. Should the cable be of greater length than the depth of the hole, the bolt 82 may be removed and power attached to the sand line so that the bailer will be raised with the annulus 3O rotating while the spool 17 will be stationary. The plates 31 act as guides for the annulus during this independent rotary movement. The bolt 32 may be replaced and winding of the cable may be resumed.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention whatis claimed is In acable winding device of the class (lescribed,a shaft, a headed drum removably mounted upon the shaft, an abutment upon the shaft for one head of the drum, an annular member concentrically mounted upon the other head of the drum for rotation therewith and having an outstanding annular flange, an annular flanged pulley titted over said flange, retaining members arranged in aseries about the outer edge of the annular member and extending outwardly therefrom and engaging the outer flange of the pulley, a bolt fitted through one of said retaining members and threaded into the said outer HOLLAND S. PETERS. 

